Resume Advice
Job Skills: Facebooking and Tweeting?
Given the number of people using social media to find jobs, is it acceptable (or wise) to list Facebook and Twitter as important skills on a resume?Posted: November 23, 2009
Your Resume is an Audit of Your Career
A resume is required for a job search but is also useful even if you stay just where you are. By forcing yourself to write your resume, you conduct an audit of your career to date:Posted: May 29, 2009
Featured Profession
School/College Administrator
Schools and colleges function because of their administrators. From teaching and academic policies to meal plans, to student transportation, administrators see to it that all school activities work in conjunction with one another. In the public school system, there are numerous levels of administrators; within the individual school or university, it begins with deans, vice principals and heads of different departments, leading up up to school principals or presidents at the university level, whose responsibility lies in their individual school. Beyond an individual institution, there are school superintendents, who are in charge of a specific district; and state and federal administrators, who establish the standards that will be followed by all schools in the state and nation, respectively. Private universities work much the same internally, but lack the higher-ups beyond the school (namely, superintendents and federal administrators). All levels must prioritize school funding, manage and delegate responsibilities among their staff and consistently assess new standards in education and development for today’s youth. Read More
Day in the Life
A Day in the Life: Regulatory Analyst for XYZ Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C.
Read about the day-to-day responsibilities of a government regulatory analyst in Washington, D.C.Posted: December 16, 2009
A Day in the Life: Auditor for the ABC Federal Contract Audit Agency
Learn about the day-to-day life of an auditor for a federal audit agency working in a regional office.Posted: December 07, 2009